I Was Right About Daniel Jones + Why I'm Worried

Throw stones all you want, but we're about halfway through the season and the guy playing for the Colts is a legitimate POTY candidate, if still a long shot to get it. I took enough flak from all of you that I feel it legitimate to remind you of just how wrong you were. What surrounds a quarterback has an awful lot to do with how he performs and the Giants never surrounded Jones with what was needed for success.

Jones now has a quality offensive line, a top running back, and a very good offensive coach. His receivers are good, not great. He's averaging almost 9-yards per pass attempt, which is a high number as opposed to the absurdly low numbers posted with us (because he had no protection, a limited run game, horrid playcalling, and receivers who didn't know what they were doing). He has a 70%+ completion percentage. He has 13 TD passes versus 3 interceptions. And he has his team looking like a very legitimate Super Bowl contender.

Yes, Jones got gun shy with us, the clock sped up in his head, he wasn't always accurate, he stared down receivers, he didn't look like he was reading post-snap defenses well, and he got injured. But as I kept insisting, we'd never put him in a position to succeed and therefore any judgment about him was premature. Eventually even I gave up on him, but more because it became obvious that he wasn't going to succeed here because of the toxicity of this franchise and how it was being managed.

Now we've got a quarterback whom I think is a lot better than was Daniel Jones (I think Dart has the potential to challenge at the top of the quarterback ranks within a few years). I think we could easily ruin this one too if we don't bring in the right management and coaching staff. I can't say that I'm confident that this clown operation won't waste away the potential career of someone whom I think just might turn into the best quarterback the Giants have ever had (yes, you heard that right), but I'm hoping that somehow lightning will strike and the curse of having fools for owners will somehow be overcome.